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Al .1 ! I F . ARR TV Fro—i Lisbon, 2 Dublin, t Waterford. e-1 Malta, t Waterford. , I'ItICF OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILN't o'cr..ocx Cr nsols - - - - -669 i H E U N. SOLEM QUIS DICSR& FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 iy, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1810. The opinion which we ventured 4o 'advance se veral weeks is at length realized.-41XssitgA, find- ing it impossible to attack Lord WELLINGTON in the strong position which he had chosen,. has be- cun.his retreat. This most .inaportant intelligence was brought by the Jasper sloop of war, which ar rived at Falmouth on Friday,after a passage of seven days. It appears that MASSENA began his re• treat on the nigitt of the 14th ult. as we stated in oar Briitol Letter of Friday, and that as soon as the intelligence reached Lord WELLINGTON, be pursued them with his light troops, fol- loved by the remainder of his army. It is stated in many of the private letters from Lisbon, brought by the Jasper, that the enemy left a considerable quantity of heavy artillery, and baggage behind them. They had taken np a position at Santarem, whether, with the view of making a stand there, Or whether MASSE NA has chosen that strong po- sition for the purpose of covering his further retreat, we are at present unable to decic:e. Lord WELLING- TON has upon this, as upon every other occasion, dis- played the utmost decision and energy ; he has sent General HILL's division across the Tagus, and Gene- rat PANE, wiTh the emirs., is said to have arrived al- ready at Abrantes. So that if NIASSENA attempts to retreat in that quarter, he will find the ground pre- occupied. Our flotilla under Sir THOMAS Wa- PANS has proceeded up the Tagus, and is at Va- la , la, abreast of the enemy. The following abstrati of the Dispatches from Admiral BERKELEY was this morning issued at the Admiralty : " ADMI RA LTY-OFFICE, DEC. 3. " Dispatches have this morning been received at Clis Office from Admiral the Hon. GEMIGE BERKE-. LEY, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships in the Tagus, dated the 16th, 2,00, and 22d ultimo. " In the former of these dispatches the Admiral states, that be had, at the request ofLord \YELLING. rof4, formed a brigade of seamen and marines, con- sisting of 500 of each, for the Occupation of the works from which the troops may be withdrawn, the command of which he tied given to Capt. LAWFORD, of the Impeleux. " In the dispatch of the 20th, Admiral BERKE- LEY states, that on the 15th, the retreat of the ene- my was announced to him by telegraph from the ships up the river : that with a view of supporting the flank of General HILL, who had advanced, he lead ordered Lieut. BERKELEY, with the flotilla of gun-boats to proceed up the river and Rear-Ad• miral Sir ThomAi WiLLIAms, with all the' boats and poutons, to superintend the passing of our army across, if necessary, having pros ided flying bridges and every thing for that purpose. "In his dispatch a the ^.2d (the last received), the Adtuiral states, that the enemy having halted at Santarem, and taken up that 'strong post, the Bri- tish and combined forces are assembling, and remain within a league of it; and the flotilla 'and boats under Sir Timm AS WILLIAMS are abreast of the ene- my at Valada, where they had passed over General HILL'S division to the South side of the Tagus, and Gene'ral FANE'S division is stated to have already reached Abrantes.", We this morning reCeived Lisbon Papers to the •3d ult. from which we have extraEled some very interesting particulars respe&ing the retreat of the French army. These Papers also contain some very satistaEtory intelligence of successes obtained in dif ferent parts of Spain, which we are this day obliged to omit for want of room. King JOSEPH continues to pack up valuables at Madrid, in order to be milady -far a flight, SECOND ED1)10N. SUN 0 FFIOE, THREE O'CLOCK. We stop the Press to lay before our Readers the following Official Abstra& of Lord WELLINGTON'S Dispatches, received this Morning at Lord LivER FOOL'S Office. CARTAXO, Nuv. .ei.—The enemy retreated from his position on the night of the 140), their right marching on Alcoentre, their left on Villa Nova. They continued their retreat the follow_ ing day. The alliei broke up in pursuit on the morning of the 15th, the advance reaching Alen quer that day, Anurnbura and Alcoenter on the 16th, and Cartaxo on the 17th: On those days we made 400 prisoners; Sir B. SPENCER and Gen. LEITH'S divisions follow. On the 17th Lord WEL. LINGTON learned that the enemy had construCted another bridge over the Zezere, his first having been carried away, and a large corps marched that dny from Santarem to Gallegos. Lord WELLINGTON immediately sent Ceneral HILL's division across the Tagus at Vallada, with a view of aiding Ahran tes, if it• should be attacked, or of annoying the enemy if he continued his retreat through Lower Beria. " On the taih the enemy's r,.ar-guard was found so strongly posted in front of Santarem, that it could not be attacked with hopes of success. Though the French continue to send troops and baggage towards the Z:.z,:re, they keep a sufficiently large corps at Santarem and in its front to repulse any attack from this side; and the heavy rains have so coMplc-itely destroyed the roads, that Lprd WEL.LINGTot; has fiuwd it i: - ;•:iossible to dislodge the enemy; by mov- ug throuBh he hills against his right. , Possibly :he same cause keeps the enemy so long at San-• a rem. " Lord WELLINGTON is uncertain wbetber it be the intention of MAsseNA to retire out of Portugal. :11 the strong position between the Zezere and San- a-ern, he may try to maintain himself till he can be oined by the reinforcements which Lord WELLING TON knows to be on the frontiers. On this account, and that of the inclemetit weather, Lord WELLING. TON has brought forward but part of his army, leav ing a portion in cantonments in reserve. Genera l HILL is to halt at Carumuo, until the intention of the French is decidel " SI LVIERA writes on the gth, and letters of the 13th, from Salamanca, confim that corps, supposed about 29,000 men d ale moving in Castile, and prepar ing to enter Portugal. Bestows a warm eulogium on the Corps of Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel FLETCHER, by whose exertions his positions cover- ing Lisbon have been rendered impregnable. Returns his thanks to Admiral BERKELE r and the Navy, Marquis RONANA, Sir B. SPENCER, &c. "His army is very healthy, and has caudated it self much to his satisfaaion." " Windsor Castle, Dec. r, dr°, Halt piss . - fight, P.M. There is no material alteration in Hli MA JESTY'S complaint since morning." " H. R. REYNOLD 3. " H. HALPORD. " W. HEBERDEN. • " M.' BAILLIE. • " R. WILLIS." " Windsor Castle, Dec. 2, info, " HIS MAJ CirTY has passed a good night, and ap pears a little better this morning." Signed as above. " Windsor Castle, Dec. 2, Nine o'Clock, P.M. " His MAJESTY has continued the whole day fa as well as he was in the morning." Signed as above. " Windsor Castle, Dec. 3. " The K ING bas bad a good night, and is still a little better." Signed as above. Yesterday morning the QUEEN and PRINCESSES heard Divine Service performed in Windsor Castle, and afterwards took an airing to Froginore. LbBON 21J41L LISBON, Nov. 17.—Divcra accounts were 3 c:,ter . day in circulation relative to the operations of the armies. The night before "last, several signal-gutis were - fired at sea, in consequence of which a great number of ships were seen working up the Tagus. The cause of this movement is not yet known, but we arc assured, with some degree of probability that Lord WELLINGTON is advancing with Lis troops, and that the enemy has raised his camp. Should this be really true, the retreat of the French cannot but prove extremely destructive to them, obliged as - they are to perform their retro grade movements, pursued by the iinmortal hero to whom the defence of this Kingdom is com tnit LISBON, Nov. lg.—The enemy, who had hitherto remained in front of our lines, and seemed to threaten this Capital, began to retreat in the night between the 14th and 15th, in the direaion of San tarem. He was immediately pursued by our troops, and the following day our . advanced parties came in sight of the rear-guard of the French who conti nued their retreat. Some prisoners have been taken, and the enemy commits still more excesses than when he was advancing against us. Lord WEL LINGTON'S head-quarters were yesterday to arrive in Santarem. ' Nov. t I.—We have not yet received any othLial intelligene, of the move. - nents of our armies 'and of the retreat of the French, in order, however, to satisfy the public cut iosny we will extract some interesting particulars from divers private letters.— It would seem that some unforeseen ucurrence has occasioned the retreat of the French, because they had left some wheat and cattle behind. We must be on our guard, it is true, with regard to eat ables abandoned by the enemy ; but 'in this it is to be observed that they have burnt part of the provision which they left, so that in all probability want of time .prevented them from destroying the whole. Some prisoners and deserters affirm that the enemy carried 4 number of their foreign troops with them on their retreat, disarmed, and guard ed by French soldiers, which seems to confirm the report which was current some days, that a very considerable discontent prevailed in the French army, whether on account of the scarcity or bad quality of provisions, or from some - other cause not known. The whole road from, quer to Santarem, is covered wiih dead horses, some dead human bodies, broken muskets, &c. In some houses which were found locked, dead bodies were• found shut tip, probably with the intention of spreading infedion. LISBON, Nov. 22.—Yesterday arrived here about 200 French prisoners, taken- by our light troops at Zizambaja ; they belonged to a corps of 400 men, which was completely destroyed. Persons continue to arrive from places which were occupied by the French when they were in front of our lines ; they sheltered themselves from the inclemency of the season chiefly by making a kind of shed with the doors, shutters, windows, Sec. of the neighbouring houses. Letters from Calaxo, of the 18th, state, that the head-quarters . arrived: there on that day; they add, that the number of deserters was great, and that it would be still grea►er, were their desertion not obstructed by local circumstances. From the time when the enemy arrived in front of our lines, until he .left that position, his loss, in desertion only, amou,ts to 3797 men, which clear ly spews the great amount of his losses since he in vaded this country. It appears that the movement of the Frencii--has produced results the most calamitouS to the enemy. The positions which the different divisions of our armies immediately occupy, after they are evacuated by the enemy, enables them closely to watch his direction and immures. The , devastation com mitted by the French in the places which they oc cupied, or through which they passed, is most dread- ful ; but all the circumstances observed in the posi tions which they evacuate prove, that they really sustained the most urgent want .of things of ihe utmost importance, in particular, means of con= veyaace ; their cavalry has also suffered a very great diminution, in consequence of the vast number o f , horses which daily died through excessive fatigue.— It is also said that MASSENA is seriously indisposed. Lissom, Nov. 22.-On the 13th, late at night, MASSENA commenced his retreat, and Lord WEL LINGTON began to pursue him. We are now given to understand that the French General was not in that want of provisions that was supposed by many people here, but that the distress of his troops in respect to clothing, particularly in shoes, was ex trerne. There is a report here in circulation, which, how ever, is generally discredited, that ten thousand men, with a.large eonvdy of provisions and clotv ing, have joined AlAssi:',A. We now feel satisfied that we are perfealy secare for the remainder of the year. It is doubtful with some of the best inforruedi whether a:ayibattle of consequence will take pl ate this campaign. It is said that a corps, consisting of several thou' sand men, hate been destroyed by the Portugues e ' on o...eft route to join MASSENA. VALENCIA DE ALCANTAIIA, NOV. 17.--They , write from La Manch a on t h e st h i nst. that on the 2 8t h Ult. FRANCESQUETI attacked, in the vicinity of Consuegra, a detachment of the zneiny's dragoons, which escorted 70 carriages laden with lead, car... touches, and Other effeas ; ihe result was, alat he succeeded in seizing the carriages, after killing many of the escort. The- parties. and the Come' wanders ALEXANDRO and oaoßio, have to-daY united in Garlitcv, for the purpose of attacking the French, who yesterday entered Alniadan. hope the most favourable results, because these GUerrillas consist of 300 good horsemen from rOl - uga I. We know that the Tagus has -been swelle i • in the most extraordinary manner by the late raio'r . , and that in consequence of this, all the endeavour s of the French division to pass it, have hither° proved useless. The river Cesar has also swoln, and cat rieJ aw# part of the wooden bridge which the enemy ba d constructed. On the i 4th, at four in the afternoon, the French presented themselves in the vicinity of Abrante s ' but were received by so brisk a are, that they rely ed at night. SEVILLC, OCT. 22.—Marshal MORTIER bO Viri g entered this city with a division of from 5 to 6011° men, had a long conference with the Duke of tnatia ; he afterwards set out with the same fa ce ' giving out the most flattering hopes, that at re' presentation in the army of General 'VICTOR) apd with the reinforcement which accompariied• would make it known, tli t the island of , Leon ` l4 not, as was supposed, _impre gna bl e ; t h at. Le wnCid r I dissolve the ridicul ous cow:. intitled , t he Gene -3 Congress, and overthrow t's.o h the ignoratiCe and personal i'ue:e.:.t of many' 6' 4 i° infuse into the - hearts of the :-,l.3cf.re and W ear , ing Spaniards. „ These, and other sitni;ar and u hieli fr „t .", likely are far from being either ,his wishes or it'll - Lions, have been spread in this city .by .his pari lt3l and vile accomphces in his iniquities ; buteven t l)6 16c most simple see through and d es pi se . th em ; the hatred against _their cruel -oppressions G i th daily. So great 'is t h e want of confidenco.*, which the neighbours l is t en to any news* from e , vernment, that there was scarce l y any one vibe c r a r diced that the Duke was direaing his steps w W3 • e the ports; he was watch e d b y many un d er du :Jnt' o , disguises and pretences , and they have assure d ' it that having reached Alcala de Guadara, be 0' the road to Carmona, accompanied by the which had been previously prepared. - n 3 o CADIZ, Nov. 6.—Th e y wr i te from Atacer" the .2lst 0&obor, that the division commasJeci io :d General BALASI'EROS, by a variety of well co' b movements, has at length compelled Moll .° ie j retreat with the utmost precipitation. fie all l o y/ himself, for that purpose; o f a tremendous' Ib u t id storm, during which he effeded his retreat , / c o ts the utmost confusion, a n d w i t h a v e ry cottsid cr I loss in killed and wounded. O l Extraa from an Official Communication ft Foc Lord WELLINGTON to Don MIGUEL pgrivo JAZ, dated Pero Negro, the loth instant :—**" " Nothlfig of importance has occurred si nce o rs date of my last dispatches of the 3d instant' pi the sth init. the enemy reconnoitred • the ellvi t , of Abrantes, and moved, un d er cover of dle°ortfa operation, a small bcdy o f horse and foot ° o r Villa Velha, evidently with the intention 0 1° /3 0 ing possession of the bridge acroia the Tag°" t de' was forMerly in that place,; finding it how q t r stroyed, the above detachm ents returne d to — r Framoso; the enemy has colleccited the largos t - , 13 01 .aer of boats which it ryas in his power to obtain, 40 -J , to throv n a bridge over the Zezere; it ri s Vet*/ • and will, I. trust, be destroyed. a 4" • fr By the last accounts which I have received t ie, Badajoz, dated the. 4th, 1 fi n d; that at 11 ' 13 ;11 1) MOnTIER's corps remained i n S ev ill e , JO '" 3 6 very sickly state. (2 /h; I3C The Hibernia, NI'D o E L which arrived 9 fast the loth ult. from Jamaica, was boalde" 00 o 'o l ' 23(1 of September, off Cape Nichola Mole, bropiOji gate and several corvett .s belonging to Coll„In1$ 6 , 1. and was informed that t h e C a p e Nichola ,l "; been taken the day bef ore , b y e mi rs-W. 0 , 1 : f after an engagement, i n w hi c h FuTtoN I° men. get i ): s Among the reinforcemmts abluf to " e brig f, to the army in Portugal, a re me ationed 10° 4 4 4 ,, t, of cavalry, some mo re art ill ery a 11 1 .001 013 / 5 1 1 ' or Royal Highlanders, I s t battal,ori, 'lol o ' 3ll' Moore's), i.),d ditto, 68th, 75th, and 80 144 besidcs startle corps from lrelAnd. . 41 310 brig orl a Sailed a ils for I ‘'ar . brig, Arriv e( tr°4 x Hal Sailed merchant. I. B §led I 01 4 1 LCOL IN °' W. Fa tines Iron and p iym 114 /e Can Atrivei karti n i qt S t. Kitt s , l'alinonth ;he Princ Went 1 vi 1 8 gur Sailed t ‘' l rill mail 15.1 *tent , I r nuda and Capt. Bs t he Mor vi z. Phcenix, N 4 : 1 4 Iledfon Sailed A CrUize 4 r Li% en }Cs M; F almouth d ays pa ssz tierces fo for six da kstant, e and leavit They ball Tclßowed troops, ea retreated, 'day Or t‘ Zririy wer army. 1 itntnense transport! from the Asper I was lying licst news Inst ruc ships and of packet: this port. Colone oombie o ing for Li Three goners hai POTS M( iesty's shi Sailed '2evenge, 'This (.4 off Cherb be Dow r chantmen FAL= packet, C RUXTABI The 7 giving in Lisbon, 4 Will sail a slap Ma from Ply Genen the Tagu via Abrai DEAL, Morning convoy a His M into the ] Arrivec Sailed cruize ; Mouth 4 The 6( LINTON'S on Wedn the Rhin, spirits, at op board P- 1 0\ ..-4